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1.Customized Home Program with Applied Verbal Behavior mixed in. This started out as an ABA program and then grew from there as he progressed. ABA helped give him his start. He was non-verbal and could not even sit well in a chair before we began ABA. We especially like the "compliance training" technique from AVB with blocks/beans. It has really helped with my son's behavior. We also include a lot of play therapy that is AVB based with a touch of FloorTime.
2. Some sensory integration.
3. Speech therapy.
4. Occupational therapy.
5. Enzymes from http://www.houstonni.com .
6. Customized diet based on his 150 food/chemical blood test. He tested reactive to 40 foods and caffine (the only chemical he had a reaction to). His main reactions were: milk, soy, beef, pork, rice, pears, cherries, bananas, blueberries, and yeast. Soy is in most everything as vegetable oil or partially hydrogenated soybean oil. Boy is this hard to avoid. We are also trying to avoid high phenol foods.
7. Private school with a shadow (pre-K). We started with a public school PPCD unit that went inclusive with the pre-K 30 minutes to 2 hours out of the 3 hour day. Our goal was for him to gain more social skills, play with other kids, and have more contact with other adults in authority. It was not a good experience and of course I could write a book just on that - some of you know what I am talking about. There is an autism unit that he could have gone into, but he had progressed past the kids that are in that unit. If we had not been doing ABA/AVB, he would have fit right in there.
8. Epsom Salt Baths - has worked well when 2 cups are added to his bathwater. He now falls asleep better and is more calm.
9. Kirkman's Hypo Spectrum Complete. We try to eat things that have a lot of natural vitamins and minerals including enriched items with calcium.
10. Diflucan for yeast overgrowth for 30 days and then added probiotics for a short while.
11. AIT-Auditory Integration Therapy. Helped with hearing sensitivities and clarity. We now do The Listening Program CDs at home 15 minutes twice a day for 5 days a week - we saw very good improvements with that.
12. We are seeing Dr. Melissa Kempf-DAN & PCP& we have consulted with Dr. Jaqueline McCandless, Dr. Tomasovic-Neurologist, Dr. Ibarguen-Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Dr. Liu-Pediatrician/Internist.
13. Miralax or prunes occasionally for keep his gut clear.
14. Paxil for calmness-his anxiety has increased as he has gotten older.
15. Neurodevelopment approach with deep & light massage, digit spans, pinhole glasses, smells, hot/cold compresses, oral motor exercises.
16. Reducing possible allergens in the home.
17. Repligen Secretin - we participated in the phase three clinical trials that consisted of 6 injections - 21 days apart. We saw improvements in socialization which may have lead to improvements in other areas but we saw a BIG increase in defiant behavior, tantrums, and hyperactivity. We will not continue the secretin but we did see improvements I mentioned. We are now in the 2nd phase of this study where he is receiving an infusion every 3 weeks.
18. We did TTFD, Methyl B12 injections (we still do these 1-2 times a month), and TD GSH.
19. Neurofeedback with Linda Kirk's Office in Austin Texas--they have trained us to do this at home with our laptop and ThoughtTechnology equipment.
20. DMPS-transdermal following Buttar's protocol for chelation.
21. TD DMSA and TD Glut from Lee Sibly's Rx.
22. TD Secretin from Lee Sibly's Rx.
23. Lipo Glut from Wellness.
24. 40+ sessions of HBOT-hyperbaric oxygen therapy in San Antonio at SA HyperBarics.
25. Recreational therapy.
26. Hippotherapy.
27. Massage therapy.
28. Aquatic therapy.
29. Earobics, Fastforward, & reading programs.
30. LDN/Naltrexone emu based transdermal.
31. All the DAN recommended supplements that come in and out.
32. Zyprexa--causes weight gain and hunger--mixed feelings on this one.
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